Local Obituaries for La Cygne, Pleasanton, Mound City, & Surrounding Areas

Mar 17, 2020

Charles Edward Pollard was born on November 15, 1954 in Tuskegee, Alabama to the late Charlie and Sarah Pollard.

Charles spent his childhood in Tuskegee, Alabama and attended Chehaw School and Washington Public School. He graduated from Tuskegee Institute High School in 1973 and immediately went to work for Southern Bell Telephone Company. In 1983, Charles enlisted...

Mar 15, 2020

Michael Leon "Mickey" Morris, age 66, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Sunday March 15, 2020.  He was born on December 2, 1953 in Mountain Home, Idaho the son of John William and Ruth Joan Boots Morris.  He graduated from Jayhawk Linn High School and Johnson County Community College.  He worked as a carpenter.  Mickey was a member of...

Mar 14, 2020

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Joyce Eileen Cummings, age 71, Prescott, Kansas passed away on Saturday March 14, 2020 at her home. Joyce was born January 24, 1949 in Farlinville, Kansas to Edwin T. and Mildred L. (Dean) Peery. After graduating from Mound City High School with the class of 1967 she obtained her beautician's...

Mar 13, 2020

David “Dave” Lenhardt, 71 years of age, most recently of Joplin, MO, went to be with his Lord on March 13, 2020. Dave served in the US Navy for three years, and continued to serve his country with the United States Postal Service for another 35 years before retiring to tour the country as a driver for Nissan. A...

Mar 9, 2020

Larry Gene Bogan, age 75, Prescott, Kansas passed away on Monday, March 9, 2020 at his home. He was born on June 11, 1944 in Metz, Missouri the son of Carl and Novella Boston Bogan. He graduated from Hume High School in the Class of 1962. He married his High School sweetheart Harriet Horton on April 11, 1964. He worked...

Mar 8, 2020

Helen Irene Townsley, age 96, Blue Mound, Kansas passed away on Sunday March 8, 2020. She was born on July 12, 1923 in Ottawa, Kansas the daughter of Roy and Berneice Underwood Emmons. She graduated from Blue Mound High School in the Class of 1942. After high school, during World War II she worked for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita. She...

Mar 5, 2020

Brenda Carol Meyer, age 62, Mound City, Kansas passed away on March 5, 2020 at her home. She was born on July 28, 1957 in Iola, Kansas the daughter of Virgil Keith and Wilma Carol Gillmore Murrow. She was married to Sam Meyer on June 14, 1974. Brenda was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. She enjoyed traveling,...

Mar 1, 2020

Fawn Renea Brown-Leisure, age 39, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She was born on August 29, 1980 in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of Richard Lee Brown Sr. and Robin Renee DeVall. After graduating from high school, Fawn received her Bachelor's Degree from Central Missouri State University. She...

Feb 23, 2020

Margaret Alice Wilson, age 87, Paola, Kansas passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2020.  She was born on February 15, 1933 in Cass County, Missouri the daughter of Henry Earl(Ramey) Russell and Olive Darlene Shepherd Russell.  She was employed as a bus driver for the Baldwin Schools and made porcelain dolls and quilts.  She was married to Robert C....

Feb 20, 2020

Ralph Emerson Masoner, age 78, Amoret, Missouri passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2020. He was born on February 17, 1942 in Louisburg, Kansas the son of Elmer K. and Emma Faye Hogue Masoner. Ralph attended auctioneer school in Iowa and settled in Amoret in 1958. He worked at the local elevator and had a yard mowing service. He...

Feb 16, 2020

Robert Dale Pennington, age 82, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away at his home Sunday, February 16, 2020. He was born the son of James and Williamena Pennington on July 18, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was a tinkerer with the uncanny ability to see things in his mind and build them. Robert worked as a contractor in construction...

Feb 14, 2020

Cynthia Layne Files, age 64, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Friday February 14, 2020. She was born on July 6, 1955 in Victorville, California the daughter of Keith and Velva Halbach Fry. She graduated from Silver Creek High in San Jose, California and attended Riverside Community College for three semesters. She was employed with Kansas City Power and...

Feb 13, 2020

David Earl Cummings, age 66, Mound City, Kansas passed away on Thursday, February 13, 2020. He was born on September 8, 1953 in Lamar, Missouri the son of Lester W. and Dolores Hamilton Cummings. Dave graduated from the Kansas City Kansas School for the Blind. He had impaired vision resulting from a tractor accident early in his life. However, he...

Feb 12, 2020

Robert Dean "Bob" King, Hume, Missouri passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at his home. He was born on August, 23, 1934 in Winfield, Kansas the son of Ira E. and Mary M. Zelhart King. He graduated from Walker High School in the Class of 1952. Bob worked most of his career as a manager in the propane industry....

Feb 11, 2020

Robert Dale Avery, age 88, of Pleasanton, Kansas passed away on Tuesday, February 11, 2020 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Dale was born the son of Harry and Alpha Mae Miller Avery on December 26, 1931 on the home place back in the hollow at Prescott, Kansas. Dale graduated from Prescott High School in 1949, his...

Feb 7, 2020

Gordon Lee Graham, age 70, Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Friday, February 7, 2020. He was born on January 2, 1950 in Purcell, Oklahoma the son of Gilbert Gordon and Bonnie Mae Buchanan Graham. He graduated from high school and proudly served his country in the United States Army during Vietnam. He earned a bachelor's degree from National American...

Feb 5, 2020

Glen Dee Jackson, 73 of Linn Valley, KS passed on February 5, 2020 at his home with family and Vitas Hospice at his side after an extended illness.

He was born July 20, 1946 to Maggie Palmer Jackson and Darby Jackson in Lejunior, KY.  At age 18 he enlisted in the United States Army where he served...

Feb 5, 2020

Richard Butts, age 84, of Kansas City Missouri passed away peacefully at NorthCare Hospice House with family by his side on Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Born on June 4, 1935 in LaCgyne KS the youngest son of the late Earnest Butts and Fadelma Conley Butts. Since Fadelma passed away when Richard was a young child he was raised by the...

Jan 27, 2020

Trudy E. Proffitt Trudy Eilene Proffitt died peacefully at home in Pleasanton, Kansas, surrounded by her loving family on Monday, January 27, 2020. Trudy was born on August 19, 1943, in Olathe, Kansas, the youngest of three children to Florence E and William Eldon Forrest Endecott. A lifelong resident of Kansas, Trudy was raised in a loving and Godly family....

Jan 25, 2020

Larry Duane Leonard, age 77, Pleasanton, Kansas passed away Saturday, January 25, 2020 in Louisburg, Kansas.  He was born the son of Otis and Niona Rose Leonard on October 25, 1942 in Pleasanton, Kansas.  Larry married Neta Lee Montgomery in 1972 at Miami, Oklahoma, to this union they had two sons, Franklin and Larry Leonard.  Larry served in the National...